American Saber Women

[R. Richard]

Watch out for an American woman with a saber!

When the women's saber competition was finished, Mariel Zagunis stood proudly atop the podium. Muriel is the first American to do so at these Olympics.

Also on the podium were Sada Jacobson, who won the silver and Becca Ward who took the bronze.

Fencing is a very minor sport in the United States. Fencing is not well funded and the victories by these American women were truly individual efforts. Maybe now there will be some recognition of the sport of fencing in the United States.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Watch out for an American woman with a saber!

When the women's saber competition was finished, Mariel Zagunis stood proudly atop the podium. Muriel is the first American to do so at these Olympics.

Also on the podium were Sada Jacobson, who won the silver and Becca Ward who took the bronze.

Fencing is a very minor sport in the United States. Fencing is not well funded and the victories by these American women were truly individual efforts. Maybe now there will be some recognition of the sport of fencing in the United States.

One can only hope but it seems unlikely. Modern fencing, with its electronic scoring, is so fast that by the time a spectator reaches for a piece of popcorn, the match is over. Go the the loo and the tournament is over. Maybe if it could be displayed in slow motion . . . ?

 

[jomar]

Watch out for an American woman with a saber!

When the women's saber competition was finished, Mariel Zagunis stood proudly atop the podium. Muriel is the first American to do so at these Olympics.

Also on the podium were Sada Jacobson, who won the silver and Becca Ward who took the bronze.

Fencing is a very minor sport in the United States. Fencing is not well funded and the victories by these American women were truly individual efforts. Maybe now there will be some recognition of the sport of fencing in the United States.

Zagunis successfully defended her gold. Fun to watch.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

When I was in high school, New Jersey was considered the fencing center of the country. I fenced in Sabre and Foil when I was on the team. I was terrible at it : We all were pretty bad, losing almost every meet that we were in the entire four years.

And yet when my older brother was on the team the year before I joined, we had the best team in the state, even ranking nationally. Go figure.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

I fenced saber and was very good.

You've got to watch the other guy's hand guard.

--Zoot

 

[JagFarlane]

When I was in high school, New Jersey was considered the fencing center of the country. I fenced in Sabre and Foil when I was on the team. I was terrible at it : We all were pretty bad, losing almost every meet that we were in the entire four years.

And yet when my older brother was on the team the year before I joined, we had the best team in the state, even ranking nationally. Go figure.

LOL how much older than me are you!?!? Never heard of a fencing team in NJ high school sports, and that was from two different school districts

 

[TheeGoatPig]

LOL how much older than me are you!?!? Never heard of a fencing team in NJ high school sports, and that was from two different school districts

I graduated in 94. We fenced teams in Wayne, Wayne Hills, state championships in Voorhees, and meets all over the rest of the northern half of the state (I can only remem,ber three schools we fenced at, LoL ).

 

[voluptuary_manque]

I graduated in 94. We fenced teams in Wayne, Wayne Hills, state championships in Voorhees, and meets all over the rest of the northern half of the state (I can only remem,ber three schools we fenced at, LoL ).

Perhaps fencing became as politically incorrect as marksmanship?

 

[emap]

I think it was some of the movies that came out in the 90's I think that killed it. Eric Roberts was in one, some sex, some fencing, a bit of killing.

I'm not sure why your calling it to fast, I watched some of it last night. I was folliwng it all fine, though the scoring was something of a mystery. I think that was because they zoomed in on the fencers and you couldn't see the lights or what the official was signaling most of the time.

I have to say though, both of the fencers I watched were to timid, though quite talented. I caught Ward against well her name is escaping me but both were quite talented and timid. Countless times they bypassed openings, did not press an advantage and let their opponent compose themselves. Still a great match though missed the medal ceremony sadly.

 

[JagFarlane]

I graduated in 94. We fenced teams in Wayne, Wayne Hills, state championships in Voorhees, and meets all over the rest of the northern half of the state (I can only remem,ber three schools we fenced at, LoL ).

Class of '99 here.

Hmmmm lets see...gradute of Mt Olive, but we didn't have a fencing team. But they were a small school.

Pemberton didn't have one, as I recall and that was fall of 95 till spring of 97

 

[JagFarlane]

Perhaps fencing became as politically incorrect as marksmanship?

Possibly, though marksmanship still remains strong in colleges

 

[Elianna]

I graduated in 94. We fenced teams in Wayne, Wayne Hills, state championships in Voorhees, and meets all over the rest of the northern half of the state (I can only remem,ber three schools we fenced at, LoL ).

Possibly, though marksmanship still remains strong in colleges

Class of '97. (Look at us whipper-snappers!) In Arizona they don't believe in spending $ on education (49th in the nation) so therefore I'm not surprised that fencing isn't a big deal here. Have good swim teams and golf teams, though.

 

[Elianna]

I graduated in 94. We fenced teams in Wayne, Wayne Hills, state championships in Voorhees, and meets all over the rest of the northern half of the state (I can only remem,ber three schools we fenced at, LoL ).

Possibly, though marksmanship still remains strong in colleges

Class of '97. (Look at us whipper-snappers!) In Arizona they don't believe in spending $ on education (49th in the nation) so therefore I'm not surprised that fencing isn't a big deal here. Have good swim teams and golf teams, though.

I used to pretend to fence with my brother using stolen barbecue skewers when I was a kid.

 

[Belegon]

Good to know that you and I can agree as strongly as we disagree, R. Richard. I went to be knowing we had three of the four spots in the semis and was hopeful but nervous. I was scared to look this morning, but love the result.

http://forum.literotica.com/showpost.php?p=28272984&postcount=9

Mariel is now a two-time Olympic champion, the first fencer to defend his/her title since 1988.

Zagunis seems to have that ability to step up in the spotlight. She was seeded sixth. Her teammate and silver medalist Sada Jacobson was seeded first, and Becca Ward (who trains at the same Salle as Mariel in Oregon) was seeded second.

This is truly historic for the United States. I pray that the USFA doesn't squander this opportunity like they did in 2004, when Mariel won the first US fencing gold in 100 years.

Seth Kelsey of the United States is seeded sixth in Epee (my favorite weapon) like Zagunis was... we can only hope that lightning strikes twice. No hope of a sweep though. Kelsey is our only qualifier.

ETA: oh well... Kelsey out in the second round, upset by Fabrice Jeannet, 15-11.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Class of '97. (Look at us whipper-snappers!) In Arizona they don't believe in spending $ on education (49th in the nation) so therefore I'm not surprised that fencing isn't a big deal here. Have good swim teams and golf teams, though.

I used to pretend to fence with my brother using stolen barbecue skewers when I was a kid.

I did that once and ran my best friend's hand nearly through. Fortunately, there were no adults between us and the band-aid box!

 

[Corylea]

I took a foil class in college and was truly, incredibly terrible at it. The weird thing was, it was my sense of humor that got in the way. My first opponent, to be funny, did like a quintuple disengage, and I doubled over laughing, and he got me while I was helpless with laughter. But my reaction to ridiculously multiple disengages didn't go away -- you'd think it'd stop being funny after the first few times -- and word spread about how to beat me. I still don't really understand why I thought it was so funny.

I did meet my first serious boyfriend in the class, though, so it wasn't a total loss. I was there because I'd read Glory Road too many times, and he was there because he'd read Fafherd and the Gray Mouser stories too many times -- a match made in heaven. *smile*